TORONTO – IMPACT Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., announced today an significant expansion of its digital presence, launching a live stream of the weekly two-hour IMPACT!flagship show on Twitch Fridays at 10:00 p.m. ET when it also premieres on Pursuit Channel across the U.S.

The premiere episode of IMPACT! on Twitch debuts Friday, Jan. 11 at 10:00 p.m. ET on IMPACT Wrestling’s official Twitch channel – www.twitch.tv/impactwrestling. The show will feature the immediate aftermath from Homecoming in Nashville, IMPACT Wrestling’s first major pay-per-view event of the year.

“IMPACT Wrestling’s new broadcast arrangement on Pursuit Channel has given us the flexibility to develop distribution channels to bring our show to the cord cutters in our fan base,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We saw double digit growth in our digital audience in 2018, consistently setting and then breaking new records for engagement across our various digital and social media assets. Since initially partnering with Twitch last year with our own channel, we have been committed to expanding our presence and creating a dedicated community on the platform and fans have responded, leading to our decision to bring our flagship show to Twitch.”

IMPACT! showcases top professional wrestling stars such as IMPACT World Champion Johnny Impact, who starred in the most recent season of the hit CBS show Survivor, plus Brian Cage, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Rich Swann, the high-flying X-Division and the Knockouts, including Champion Tessa Blanchard, Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Allie and Su Yung. Since its inception in 2002, IMPACT! has been a leading destination for professional wrestling fans, televised globally in 120 countries, while growing its popularity and reach on YouTube, Twitch, Pluto and social media platforms.

About IMPACT WrestlingIMPACT Wrestling is one of the world’s largest wrestling entertainment properties, creating more than 200 hours of original content annually across television and other digital platforms. IMPACT Wrestling specializes in creating premium content, events, products, merchandise and music, as well as the management and promotion of professional wrestlers. The roster features such greats as World Champion Johnny Impact, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Brian Cage, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Rich Swann, the high-flying X-Division, plus the Knockouts, including Tessa Blanchard, Su Yung, Allie, Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie. Its highly successful flagship, IMPACT!, is broadcast globally, including Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Pursuit Channel in the United States, Fight Network and GameTV in Canada, Sony ESPN in India, 5Spike and Fight Network in the United Kingdom, SuperSport in Africa, and MX52 in Mexico. Additional IMPACT Wrestling content also airs on Fight Network in the U.S., which is available on cable systems such as Altice One, Suddenlink, Centurylink, Armstrong Cable, among others. IMPACT Wrestling also streams a 24-hour channel on Twitch.tv and is a top 10 sports video producer on YouTube with over 2 million subscribers, 36 million monthly views and 1.5 billion all-time views. IMPACT Wrestling launched the exclusive Global Wrestling Network (GWN) app in October 2017, showcasing over 3,000 hours of library and current programming, as well as content from leading independent professional wrestling organizations around the world.

Commentary: This is a good move for Impact as it allows more people all over the world to be able to watch the show live. It is also a potentially bad move for them with their new TV partner, Pursuit HD. This could ultimately cannibalize their live audience.

TORONTO | LUVERNE – IMPACT Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., announced today it has entered into an agreement to broadcast its flagship weekly two-hour program IMPACT! nationally across the U.S. on Pursuit Channel, the most widely distributed outdoor network and one of the fastest growing channels in the country.

Beginning on Friday, Jan. 11, featuring the aftermath of Homecoming, IMPACT Wrestling’s first marquee pay-per-view event of the year, IMPACT! will air weekly on Pursuit Channel on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET.

“Pursuit Channel is a natural fit for IMPACT!” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “It has a passionate viewership base that correlates strongly with our core audience, and is one of the few broadcast destinations that is expanding its footprint, enjoying a 15% increase in broadcast distribution this year alone. With IMPACT Wrestling coming off a tremendous year of audience growth globally and positive fan engagement, we look forward to leveraging our respective resources to bring fans more of the wrestling content they want to see: tougher, edgier action.”

“Pursuit Channel is pleased to welcome IMPACT Wrestling into our Friday night lineup of popular shows,” said Rusty Faulk, CEO and founder of Pursuit Channel. “IMPACT Wrestling programming is perfect for our audience, which enjoys adventurous content to feed their wild side. We look forward to a long partnership and providing our fans with new and exciting world-class content while expanding IMPACT Wrestling’s audience to a new base.”

Showcasing top professional wrestling stars such as IMPACT World Champion Johnny Impact, who starred in the most recent season of the hit CBS show Survivor, plus Brian Cage, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Rich Swann, the high-flying X-Division and the Knockouts, including Champion Tessa Blanchard, Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Allie and Su Yung, IMPACT! has been a leading destination for professional wrestling fans, televised globally in 120 countries since its inception in 2002, while growing its popularity and reach on YouTube, Twitch, Pluto and social media platforms.

Ultimate X Returns

IMPACT Wrestling returns to Nashville in January for their first ever Homecoming event. According to SEScoops, IMPACT will be having an Ultimate X match to determine who will be the next X Division Champion after current champion Brian Cage announced that he will be cashing in on Option C.

Basic rules for Ultimate X:

3 or more participants (at Homecoming there will be 4).

The X-Division Title or a giant red “X” are placed high above the ring (at Homecoming it will be the title).

Two cables are attached high above the ring with the title or X placed in the middle.

The first wrestler to grab the title or X is declared the winner.

LAX Pulled From Evolve

LAX was announced and advertise for an event with EVOLVE. However, Gabe Sapolsky has announced via Twitter that IMPACT Wrestling has pulled LAX from the show. EVOLVE is working on replacements.

Impact Wrestling has pulled LAX off the 12/15 & 16 dates. Working on replacements now. I was just informed. Our apologies to the fans.

Scarlett Bordeaux Is Uber Popular

PWinsider is stating that “The Smokeshow”, Scarlett Bordeaux has one of the consistently long lines at the WrestleCade event last weekend. Bordeaux was well received at the IMPACT tapings I attended in Vegas earlier this month.

IMPACT In CALI

IMPACT Wrestling will be in Northern California this weekend. PWINSIDER:

The promotion will have a live event titled Gold Rush this Friday 11/30 in Newark, CA from the Newark Pavilion, streaming live on Impact’s Twitch channel with the following announced lineup:

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IMPACT Wrestling should be very thankful after this week’s Thanksgiving Day episode. IMPACT Wrestling had 124,000 viewers, up from the 101,000 viewers the week before. I truly hope that IMPACT continues this upward trend.

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IMPACT Wrestling has their week of TV tapings in Las Vegas, Nevada. From Sam’s Town Live, IMPACT had a really good week of tapings. I drove from Los Angeles to Vegas to watch night one of the tapings and I was immensely impressed.

A few things to note from the TV taping that I witnessed.

They started right on time. On night one, the show seemed sold out. I am going to reach out to IMPACT and see if they were sold out. The tapings were essentially a fast-paced version of the show. I really enjoyed the wrestling side of the tapings from start to finish. They only had two major promos and we didn’t see any backstage shots.

I hope that IMPACT decides to make their TV product more like the tapings: Less backstage stuff, less craziness, and focus on in-ring action. If IMPACT can cut the fat from their TV tapings, they should do it.

At Impacts Vegas taping, it was announced that IMPACT Knockouts Champion, Tessa Blanchard will defend the title vs. Taya Valkyrie. The match will take place at IMPACT Homecoming on January 6th in Nashville.

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I arrived pretty early to the Impact Wrestling taping in Las Vegas at Sam’s Town Live. There was a line out the into the casino floor to get into the venue.
One of the things I looked for going into the venue was for any promotional material for the show. I didn’t see any. For other shows from ROH and Paragon Pro, there were signs and digital advertising for the event. I didn’t see any.
They have their nice new stage that they debut at Redemption. I’ve been to sams a few times for Wrestling, Impact’s set up is probably the best I’ve seen.
The Pillars of Destiny (Hunter & Jackson?) vs. The One Percent (Joerel Nelson & Royce Isaacs).The Pillars of Destiny win with an impressive slam off the second rope and then a diving head put off from another turn buckle.
Both teams have really good looks.
It’s time for Impact to start.IMPACT Wrestling tapings began. There were about 5-7 minutes of downtime where the crowd then chanted “Awkward silence” and Josh Mathews approved.
Match One: Fallah Bahh and KM vs. LAX with Konan.
Fallah in the match first with Santana. Ortiz, from the apron, yells at Santana to knock Fallah off his feet. Pretty funny moment. LAX attempts to do a double suplex on KM but KM reverses it. LAX takes the win. LAX was super over with the Vegas crowd.
The ring announcers comes out and announce that the next match will be the opener for one of their show. So they are going to tape out of sequence,
Match Two: Ray Lyn vs. Impact Wrestling Women’s Champion Tessa Blanchard.
Ray Lyn has a very impressive series of kicks. Blanchard stops her and takes control of the match. Blanchard presses Lyn above her head and drops her into a knee to the face. Blanchard does a cutter move. Lyn is able to regain control of the match and does a running knee into the corner. Hurricanronna.
The crowd is really into Blanchard.
Winner: Knockout’s Champion Tessa Blanchard
After the match, Blanchard grabs the microphone and calls out Taya Valkyrie. Blanchard says that she’s been called every name in the book and Taya has made too many excuses. She said Taya’s nots the champion because she is. Blanchard asks how it feels to be nothing more than Johnny Impacts Wife. The crowd ate that up. Cue Taya’s music. She runs to the ring and Blanchard bails.
Taya says that Tessa’s running. She said she is Johnny’s wife and proud of it, She says shes also the “Weda Loca”, and the Queen of Lucha Libre. Match is set: Taya Valkyrie vs.Tessa Blanchard in Nashville.
Up next:
Matt Sydal vs. Impact Wrestling World Champion, Johnny Impact. Impact is super over. Impact is in control of the match from the start. Impact throws Sydal into the corner and runs after him, but is kicked out of the rin by Sydal. First pin attempt is by Sydal with a two count.
Impact attempts a Starship Pain but Page pulls Sydal out fo the ring. The two brawl outside the ring for a second. Sydal throws Impact into the ring. Superkick. Sydal goes tot he top rope but Impact stops him. Impact hits the Starship Pain and wins the match.
After the match, Killer Kross comes out to the ring. Great reception from the crowd. Killer Kross starts with a very deep voice saying “Hello John”. Kross is super over. Kross says when he started in the business, he wanted to be the catalyst for change. Kross says that he lost to IMPACT fair and square as the crowd chants “one more time”. Kross says that maybe he isn’t the catalyst of change and maybe Impact is. Sounds like Kross is getting ready to offer an alliance of sorts to Impact.
Looks like Impact is going to shake Kross’ hand, but instead, he grabs the microphone. Impact says that the crowd doesn’t know Kross as Impact does. He said straight up that Impact doesn’t trust Kross.
Eli Drake is out to cut a promo. The crowd begins to chant “ELI. DRAKE” and then “SUCKS!”. Eli responds by saying “I didn’t ask any of you, dummies”. Drake then says he’s the last of a dying breed. Drake says that he ended Abyss’ career. Drake says that companies can’t sell out buildings and ratings tanking (after Impact gets record low ratings).
As Drake is saying he will kill the gimmicks in wrestling, Tommy Dreamer comes out to the ring. Dreamer says that its skinny jean wearing millennials who forgot what wrestling is. Says “Hardcore is a lifestyle”. Dreamer says the most “Hardcore” people are the fans”.
Dreamer and Drake tease a fight but Drake runs.
Heather Monroe vs. Su Yung. Su Yung wins by submission. I missed the angle that happened next.
Rich Swan & Willie Mack vs. Lucha Brothers. Willie Mack has an impressive standing hurricanronna. Lucha Brothers win the match. LAX comes out after the match. They show respect to each other. Ortiz grabs the microphone and says the match was legit. LAX says that they are looking for their next challengers. They said that they’ve been all over the world defending and retaining theit titles. LAX says that they want to give their “Familia” a chance for the titles. LAX challenges the Lucha Brothers for a title match at Homecoming on January 6 from Nashville.
Off camera: the ring announcer comes out and tries to get the crowd pumped. He tries to do a “YES” chant and gets booed out of the arena.
Knockouts action. Katarina vs. Jordynne Grace. Grace wins by submission. This was an incredible match.
Some filler matches I missed going to the restroom.
X Division Championship Brian Cage vs. Sammi Callihan. Cage wins.

TORONTO | LAS VEGAS — IMPACT Wrestling returns to The Fight Capital – Las Vegas, Nevada – for the first time in five years, with three consecutive nights of action-packed professional wrestling at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nov. 11-13.

The IMPACT roster is led by World Champion Johnny Impact, who also has been capturing headlines this fall as one of the most popular contestants on the current season of Survivor, airing Wednesday nights on CBS TV. Impact is married to Taya Valkyrie, who is the No. 1 contender to the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Championship, now held by third-generation wrestler Tessa Blanchard, who is following in the wrestling boots of her dad (Tully Blanchard), her stepfather (Magnum TA) and her grandfather (Joe Blanchard).

IMPACT Wrestling also features Kevin “Killer” Kross, a Las Vegas resident who works as a private executive protection bodyguard for world-renowned celebrities and musicians.

Another noteworthy name on the IMPACT roster is Moose, who played 62 games in the NFL from 2006-2012 after a career at Syracuse University.

The shows in Las Vegas will be taped to air on the company’s flagship weekly TV show IMPACT!, which airs every Thursday night (10 p.m. ET) on Pop TV across the U.S. The live events will kick off nightly at 6p.m. PT.

Johnny Impact has been wrestling professionally since 2002 and is a crossover star, appearing on various TV shows and adding numerous film credits to his resume, including Boone: The Bounty Hunter, which he created, co-wrote and served as executive producer. Impact’s latest film project is the horror-thriller film Strange Nature, which premiered on Sept. 22.

The three November IMPACT Wrestling shows in Las Vegas will be followed by three more shows in Las Vegas, also held at Sam’s Town, on Feb. 15-17, 2019.

iMPACT Wrestling is seeing a slight rebound in their weekly TV ratings. A few weeks ago, the promotion dipped under 100,000 viewers for a total of 95,000 viewers. Last week they drew in 105,000 viewers. This week, they are slowly rising back up at 129,000 viewers.

Rumors have begun to roll around that POP TV and iMPACT Wrestling are not planning on renewing their current TV deal.

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